| Re: A few questions about the Power Macintosh 9600 [message #38191] |
Tue, 19 February 2013 12:28  |
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In a message dated 2/19/13 12:08:07 PM, stefa.rossi96@gmail.com writes:
> I know little about classic Macintoshes. I own a Power Macintosh 9600/300
> with 128MB of RAM, which I'd like to upgrade.
> I read it uses 168-pin DIMMs, are they the same as the ones used on PCs?
> Can I buy any 168-pin DIMM RAM from ebay, or do I have to find some
> specifically for this Mac?
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You're looking for 168-pin, 5-volt SDRAM, not 3.3-volt DDR SDRAM (DDR,
DDR2, etc.)
I think it came in 3 speeds: PC66, PC100 and PC133.. U want PC133 ideally;
PC100 will work also.
Thanx for the trip down memory lane!
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| Re: A few questions about the Power Macintosh 9600 [message #38250 is a reply to message #38191] |
Tue, 19 February 2013 19:09  |
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> ________________________________
> From: "COCCORP@aol.com" <COCCORP@aol.com>
> I know little about classic Macintoshes. I own a Power Macintosh 9600/300 with 128MB of RAM, which I'd like to upgrade.
>> I read it uses 168-pin DIMMs, are they the same as the ones used on PCs? Can I buy any 168-pin DIMM RAM from ebay, or do I have to find some specifically for this Mac?
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> You're looking for 168-pin, 5-volt SDRAM, not 3.3-volt DDR SDRAM (DDR, DDR2, etc.)
>
> I think it came in 3 speeds: PC66, PC100 and PC133.. U want PC133 ideally; PC100 will work also.
You may be thinking of Beige G3 the next step up from the 9600 for the PC 66,100 or 133 RAM sticks --but they are 3.3 volt.
You are correct that that the 9600 needs 5 volt 168-pin DIMMs which may be more difficult to find.
--but then maybe I am unaware of 5 volt PC 66, 100 or 133 RAM. Hard to trust my memory these days. --glen
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| Re: A few questions about the Power Macintosh 9600 [message #38303 is a reply to message #38191] |
Wed, 20 February 2013 06:34 |
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In a message dated 2/19/13 7:09:55 PM, glenstrek@yahoo.com writes:
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> --but then maybe I am unaware of 5 volt PC 66, 100 or 133 RAM. Hard to
> trust my memory these days. --glen
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No, U were right. I'm the one w/ the compromised memory!
I was mixing my metaphores(!) right voltage -- WRONG designation(!) It was
the early Beige PowerMac G3s I *was* thinking about that uses the PC100/133
ram, which is 3.3v.
(And after I sent my 1st response to this post, I was sitting up thinking
"why would the 9600 and Beige G3s use the same RAM?" OF course they do
NOT!)
I too have a 7600 and a Beige G3 - and used this occasion to fire up
both(!) after I responded to the post ... and discoverd/remembered that the 7600
took ram different from my Beige G3 desktop. The biggest denominations
those 70ns 168-pin DIMMs in the last PowerMac Desktops came in were 128mb; mine
is littered(!) with 32 and 64mb dimms... (8 slots. Wow...)
Then I remembered -- that was the "Fat RAM" as I used to call it -- the
168-pin Dimms that usually had those larger chips on it. And the offset
notches from the 3.3v(!).
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So, as far as I can tell, the 9600 ram is designated by it's 168-pin
config, speed (70ns) and voltage (5v). I seem to remember that finding 60ns
versions of the same memory was desirable, too.
* Now as far as the difference between EEC, non-EEC or EDO(!) version of
the above? Someone else will have to help w/ that(!).
Craig W.
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| Re: A few questions about the Power Macintosh 9600 [message #38305 is a reply to message #38191] |
Wed, 20 February 2013 11:32 |
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In a message dated 2/20/13 11:28:26 AM, trag@prismnet.com writes:
> FPM
>
"Fast Page Mode!" NOW I remember... It's all coming back (Boomerang™)!!
..It's 1997 ALL OVER AGAIN!
Craig W.
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